we need to preserve the forestwell designed new forests can help to preserve endangered speciessensible forestry management can help to preserve endangered speciespay freezes have been proposed to preserve jobshe spoke of the need to preserve the integrity of Arab territorythe nation state has been a great success in preserving the identity of the British, the French and the Russiansit was important to preserve the unity of the country

the meeting will be about squeezing in more students while preserving standardsthey hope to transform the country into a Western-style democracy while still preserving Hungarian traditionspeople who want to keep the outside world at bay in order to preserve a traditional way of lifehis efforts to preserve a language that only a few people still spokeI stood there, clad only in a towel, determined to preserve my dignityhe is worried about preserving his image with the electorateI just wanted something to preserve the memory of that perfect day

as a doctor, it was my duty to preserve lifecomo médico, era mi deber salvar vidas

the defining of a doctor's role as being to preservshould one always try to preserve life or are there some circumstances...?in administering potassium chloride the doctor was neither preserving life not relieving suffering. All that he was doing was killing his patient.

to preserve sb's anonymitymantener a algn en el anonimato

Monsieur X is keen to preserve his anonymitythe author has preserved the anonymity of those who appear in the book

2(keep from decay)[+object, environment, meat]conservar

you will preserve your eyesight if you don't read by candlelightthe ice contained within it a body preserved intact from the climate of the ice age

conservation is an issue which gets a lot of attention these days - whether /it means preserving old buildings/, or protecting the environmentpreserve this solid wood worktop by oiling it three or four times a yeara new guide to greener tourism to help preserve the environmenta 500-page blueprint for preserving the environment

to preserve one's looksconservar el atractivo

you're never too young to start worrying about preserving your looks

to preserve the status quomantener el statu quo

an effective deterrent to the military men trying to preserve the status quo by forcedeep freezing is the simplest natural way of preserving food

the body was preserved in iceel cuerpo se conservaba en hielo

the hand was preserved in ice and later sewn back oninsects preserved in amber

salt preserves meatone of my favourite weekend activities is preserving fruit, either as jams or as rumtopfs for Christmastuna steaks preserved in [brine]

to preserve sth in saltconservar algo en sal

fish preserved [in] saltbefore refrigeration fish was often preserved in barrels of saltlemons or limes preserved in salt are a north African speciality

4(protect)(gen)proteger

to preserve sth from/against sthproteger algo de algo;paint the metal to preserve it from corrosionpinte el metal para protegerlo de la corrosión

a paint spray would preserve it from corrosionhe wanted to preserve democracy against dictatorshipthey believed that fire preserved them from diseasehe looked for tracks in the ground that had been preserved from the windthey wanted to preserve the children from the suffocating atmosphere of an unhealthy worlda once prosperous city which had been preserved from development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuriesthe Haitian army is preserving the government against takeover by a former leaderuse of this cream will preserve your skin against the ageing process

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